Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?” -Albert Camus
Glasgow Ice Cream Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Glasgow Ice Cream Wars were conflicts in the East End of Glasgow in Scotland in the 1980s between rival ice cream van operators, over lucrative territory. The conflicts involved daily violence and intimidation, and led to the deaths by arson of several members of the family of one ice cream van driver and a consequent court case that lasted for 20 years. The conflicts generated widespread public outrage, and earned the Strathclyde Police the nickname the “serious chimes squad” (a pun on Serious Crime Squad) for its perceived failure to address them.[1][2]
Roll with it.
A magnetized nail setter? At last… a smart, simple solution to end the war on smashed thumbs.
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Bummer.
The Russian folk singer who inspired the popular ‘Trololo’ Internet meme is in critical condition after suffering a stroke.
Eduard Khil, 77, was in a coma and on a ventilator at a St. Petersburg hospital after being stricken late last week, Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti reported. Sources said the singer has suffered irreversible brain damage.
In 2010, Khil — who was a legend of Soviet stage and film — was introduced to the rest of the world when a clip of him performing a nearly 50-year-old song titled, “I Am So Happy To Finally Be Back Home,” inexplicably became a top-viewed Youtube clip.
The footage showed Khil sporting a curious bowl hairdo, wandering around a stage emitting a joyous stream of syllables in a bouncy baritone. His distinctive trilling earned him the nickname “Mr. Trololo.” The clip became a fast hit and was soon featured on “The Colbert Report,” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
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Golden Gate Bridge 75th anniversary May 27, 2012
Definitely my new Facebook cover photograph. This is marvelous.
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Lower East Side Stable, Mangin Street by Harold Roth. (1946)
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The entrance to Chicago’s famed Dill Pickle Club.
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